State of Volunteering Report: Tasmania 2012
At VT, we believe that research is a tool to spark action. We don’t want our reports sitting on a shelf collecting dust.
In 2010, Volunteering Tasmania (VT) released the inaugural State of Volunteering Report: Tasmania 2010 (SOVR 2010), providing a first ever snapshot of what our state volunteer community looks like. The findings painted a picture of Tasmanian volunteerism being rewarding for those who have discovered it, there being a need to challenge stereotypes if volunteering is to flourish, and there being a need to plan now for the future. The report can be accessed here. To start to address the SOVR 2010’s findings, VT worked with researcher Lindsey Moffatt to release Engaging Young People in Volunteering: What Works in Tasmania? The report can be accessed here.
What is the SOVR 2012?
The State of Volunteering: Tasmania 2012 (SOVR 2012) is VT’s next research project and we’re doing something new. We’re bringing an approach to research and strategic planning for the volunteer sector that has not been experienced in Australia before. We’re shining a spotlight on Tasmania to lead the way for Australia.
Through the SOVR 2012, VT aims to focus on the SOVR 2010’s third finding: helping Tasmania plan now for the future. Given Tasmania’s population is ageing faster than the rest of Australia, the 2012 report will bring together Tasmanians, volunteer-involving organisations, national and global researchers and thinkers, businesses and government to investigate the impacts of this trend on the volunteer community in Tasmania. It will offer ways forward for volunteer-involving organisations, businesses and government to plan for Tasmania’s future population and volunteers in an evidence-informed way.
Latest News
VT has released the state findings from Professor Natalie Jackson’s volunteering demographic analysis. You can access the findings here.
VT is providing the findings as ‘food for thought’ for you to consider how the projections will impact on you or your organisation, and to come back to us with your thoughts and contribute to the project as a Knowledge Partner.
The full analysis report and findings will be made available to organisations or individuals contributing to the project - our Knowledge Partners. For more information on how to contribute, please click here.
